Table 2 of Elanchezhian, Mol Vis 2009; 15:1485-1491.

Table 2. Quantitative analysis of redox system components in the lenses of rat pups.

Component analyzed
(unit of activity)		 Group I
(normal)		 Group II
(cataract-untreated)		 Group III
(cataract-treated)
Reduced glutathione
(μmoles/gram tissue) 		8.14±0.10 4.6±0.73* 7.36±0.40*
Glutathione reductase
(nmoles of NADPH oxidized/min/mg protein) 		0.183±0.07 0.115±0.06* 0.168±0.07*
Glutathione-S-transferase
(μmoles of CDNB conjugated with GSH/min) 		5.50±0.32 2.89±0.38* 4.5±0.44*
Glutathione peroxidase
(μmoles glutathione oxidized/mg protein/min) 		43.41±4.9 25.41±1.59* 34.59±1.67*

Each value represents the mean (±SD) of five observations. Statistical analysis was performed by the Student t-test. The asterisk indicates statistical significance (p≤0.05) in at least one cut-off level between the group II and group I lenses and between group III and group I lenses. Abbreviation: GSH=Reduced glutathione; NADPH=Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate; CDNB=1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene.

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